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It might be the most devastating scene in The Return of the King Frodo isn't weak here. He carried the Ring farther than anyone in Middle-earth could have, and it's eaten through him. He can't even remember the Shire anymore. He left to save home, and the Ring took...

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Aragorn’s speech at the Black Gate especially the moment he says “For Frodo” is one of the best examples of this. Here, Aragorn carries the fate of all Middle-earth on his shoulders. His intention isn’t actually to win a glorious victory; he’s fully willing to march into death if it means drawing Sauron’s attention away from Frodo and Sam.
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Aragorn’s speech at the Black Gate especially the moment he says “For Frodo” is one of the best examples of this. Here, Aragorn carries the fate of all Middle-earth on his shoulders. His intention isn’t actually to win a glorious victory; he’s fully willing to march into death if it means drawing Sauron’s attention away from Frodo and Sam.

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Time doesn’t make the grief go away, but it shifts. I still miss Sam every single day and wish he was here but I can’t change that. What I have been doing is donating the proceeds from the tshirt created in memory of Sam to Jae’s Place They have the resources to help those who need it and to encourage genuine check ins with those you love or those you think could use a chat. 10/10 would recommend and I hope one day I can do something in memory of Sam to that extent. Miss you kiddo.
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Time doesn’t make the grief go away, but it shifts. I still miss Sam every single day and wish he was here but I can’t change that. What I have been doing is donating the proceeds from the tshirt created in memory of Sam to Jae’s Place They have the resources to help those who need it and to encourage genuine check ins with those you love or those you think could use a chat. 10/10 would recommend and I hope one day I can do something in memory of Sam to that extent. Miss you kiddo.

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Joe Rogan asked Mike Tyson why he still wants to fight at 54. The answer wasn't about money, legacy, or proving anyone wrong. He admits the thing most fighters never say out loud. Tyson: "Sometimes I struggle with the fact that there's the possibility I can really hurt somebody." Rogan assumed that meant guilt. That he didn't want to hurt them. It's the opposite. Tyson: "That is... sometimes it's orgasmic." Not fear. Not nerves. Something closer to pleasure. He can't even fully explain it himself, so he turns the question back on Rogan. Tyson: "What does it mean when fighting gets you erect? What does that mean?" And then he lands on the real thing driving him back into the ring. It isn't the winning. It isn't the crowd. Tyson: "Maybe not fear-based, but embracing the fact that you're gonna go into this with everything you have, the chaos of it all, and the ultimate goal is to hurt somebody." That's the part that separates him. Most people fight to win. Tyson fights for the chaos. The hurting isn't a side effect of the goal. It is the goal.
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Beethoven could not hear the music he wrote. At the age of 28, he realized he was no longer able to listen to a flute being played in the distance, and he spent the rest of his life composing the most enduring music in Western history in almost complete silence... He had been a working musician since childhood. His ears were everything. In 1798, in the middle of a heated argument with a singer, he noticed for the first time that something was wrong. The sound was thinning at the edges. He could hear voices, but high frequencies were beginning to disappear. He told no one for years. By 1802, the truth was no longer deniable. On his doctor's advice he moved to Heiligenstadt, a quiet village outside Vienna, hoping the country air would help. It did not. There, alone and surrounded by farmland, he wrote a letter to his two brothers that he never sent. It was found among his papers after his death. We now call it the Heiligenstadt Testament, and it is one of the most devastating documents ever written by an artist about himself: "You men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me. You do not know the cause of my seeming so... what a humiliation, when one stood beside me and heard a flute in the distance and I heard nothing, or someone heard the shepherd singing, and again I heard nothing." He wrote, in the same letter, that he had thought of ending his life. And then he wrote the line that explains everything that followed: "Only my art held me back. It seemed impossible to me to leave the world before I had produced everything I felt called upon to produce." He went back to Vienna. He went on composing. Over the next two decades his hearing continued to fade. Friends began writing their words down in small notebooks instead of speaking them aloud, and waiting while he read. Modern scholars call these the conversation books. Around four hundred of them survive. To compose, he developed his own methods. He bit one end of a wooden rod and pressed the other against the soundboard of his piano, letting the vibrations travel through his jaw to his inner ear. He had stumbled, through trial and error, onto the principle that modern science calls bone conduction. The cause of his deafness has never been settled. What we do know is this: he realized he was losing his hearing at twenty-eight, and he could have stopped. He wrote the letter, he held the thought of dying in his hand, and then he put down the pen and went back to work. Most of what he is remembered for was composed after that moment: The Fifth Symphony. The Seventh. The Ninth. The Missa Solemnis. The late quartets. All of it was made by a man who could no longer hear most of what he was writing. There are people who give the world what they receive, and there are people who give the world what they were never able to receive. The most enduring beauty in human history has almost always come from the second kind... -- -- -- If you enjoyed this, I write a weekly newsletter read by over 50,000 people who love rediscovering the beauty of the past. You can join us here: I write about beauty in all its forms. If you'd like to support my work, a paid subscription is what makes it possible.
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Beethoven could not hear the music he wrote. At the age of 28, he realized he was no longer able to listen to a flute being played in the distance, and he spent the rest of his life composing the most enduring music in Western history in almost complete silence... He had been a working musician since childhood. His ears were everything. In 1798, in the middle of a heated argument with a singer, he noticed for the first time that something was wrong. The sound was thinning at the edges. He could hear voices, but high frequencies were beginning to disappear. He told no one for years. By 1802, the truth was no longer deniable. On his doctor's advice he moved to Heiligenstadt, a quiet village outside Vienna, hoping the country air would help. It did not. There, alone and surrounded by farmland, he wrote a letter to his two brothers that he never sent. It was found among his papers after his death. We now call it the Heiligenstadt Testament, and it is one of the most devastating documents ever written by an artist about himself: "You men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me. You do not know the cause of my seeming so... what a humiliation, when one stood beside me and heard a flute in the distance and I heard nothing, or someone heard the shepherd singing, and again I heard nothing." He wrote, in the same letter, that he had thought of ending his life. And then he wrote the line that explains everything that followed: "Only my art held me back. It seemed impossible to me to leave the world before I had produced everything I felt called upon to produce." He went back to Vienna. He went on composing. Over the next two decades his hearing continued to fade. Friends began writing their words down in small notebooks instead of speaking them aloud, and waiting while he read. Modern scholars call these the conversation books. Around four hundred of them survive. To compose, he developed his own methods. He bit one end of a wooden rod and pressed the other against the soundboard of his piano, letting the vibrations travel through his jaw to his inner ear. He had stumbled, through trial and error, onto the principle that modern science calls bone conduction. The cause of his deafness has never been settled. What we do know is this: he realized he was losing his hearing at twenty-eight, and he could have stopped. He wrote the letter, he held the thought of dying in his hand, and then he put down the pen and went back to work. Most of what he is remembered for was composed after that moment: The Fifth Symphony. The Seventh. The Ninth. The Missa Solemnis. The late quartets. All of it was made by a man who could no longer hear most of what he was writing. There are people who give the world what they receive, and there are people who give the world what they were never able to receive. The most enduring beauty in human history has almost always come from the second kind... -- -- -- If you enjoyed this, I write a weekly newsletter read by over 50,000 people who love rediscovering the beauty of the past. You can join us here: I write about beauty in all its forms. If you'd like to support my work, a paid subscription is what makes it possible.

James Lucas

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This is more than 4 minutes long. This was last Saturday. It was the final journey for Sam Strachan; eldest son of my beautiful and brave school friend Jo. He was a father, he was a biker (clearly!), he was a son, a brother, he was a talented drummer in his own band (Leave Before Dawn), he was a business man, he was a renowned photographer, a renowned videographer. He was 32. He was killed in July in a tragic collision in Exeter. I, along with many many others, said a final farewell to him at Exeter Crem. Life is cruel and brutal. 💔 You do not need to watch to the end. But if you can, do. The first 15 seconds though will show you the power of love, of strength, of community, compassion and respect. His Mum is with him at the start. She’s the one waving the red and back glow sticks! She was with him when he came into our world and she was with him when he left; far far too soon. I know her pain. With her agreement I wanted to share this. I want to let the little bit of the world that follows me know that Sam Strachan lived. He made an impact. Like my beautiful amazing Barney - he was so loved, by so many. And there is good out there. Even when the worst thing in the world happens. Humanity will always win. Rest easy Sam. Give my boy a hug. Ps. Mr Brightside is also his favourite song! 🕊️ 💚💛❤️🖤
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This is more than 4 minutes long. This was last Saturday. It was the final journey for Sam Strachan; eldest son of my beautiful and brave school friend Jo. He was a father, he was a biker (clearly!), he was a son, a brother, he was a talented drummer in his own band (Leave Before Dawn), he was a business man, he was a renowned photographer, a renowned videographer. He was 32. He was killed in July in a tragic collision in Exeter. I, along with many many others, said a final farewell to him at Exeter Crem. Life is cruel and brutal. 💔 You do not need to watch to the end. But if you can, do. The first 15 seconds though will show you the power of love, of strength, of community, compassion and respect. His Mum is with him at the start. She’s the one waving the red and back glow sticks! She was with him when he came into our world and she was with him when he left; far far too soon. I know her pain. With her agreement I wanted to share this. I want to let the little bit of the world that follows me know that Sam Strachan lived. He made an impact. Like my beautiful amazing Barney - he was so loved, by so many. And there is good out there. Even when the worst thing in the world happens. Humanity will always win. Rest easy Sam. Give my boy a hug. Ps. Mr Brightside is also his favourite song! 🕊️ 💚💛❤️🖤

Emma

44,804 просмотров • 6 дней назад